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Publication details [#56843]

Warhol, Larisa. 2012. Creating official language policy from local practice: the example of the Native American Languages Act 1990/1992. Language Policy 11 (3) : 235–252.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | language policy | language revival | language shift | native speaker

Language as a subject

English, American Indian

Place, Publisher

Springer

Annotation

The story of the 1990/1992 Native American Languages Act shows how traditonally disenfranchised Native American people reshaped power balances and produced a US State-endorsed language policy backing their language educaton practices and aims.